magfrump comments on Personal Evidence - Superstitions as Rational Beliefs - Less Wrong Discussion
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Is there some point at which AAT suggests that people are disagreeing because they have different experiences, and something needs to be checked on?
My example is a time when I was with people who were arguing about how hot the hot and sour soup was, and eventually some sampling established that one side of the table had been given hotter soup.
This is an easy case, of course-- everyone's nervous systems were similarly calibrated for capsaisin.
I am rereading your question as: "When do circumstances become different enough that evidence from one situation doesn't apply to the other situation?" and this sounds like the fundamental question of reference class tennis, which I believe does not have a good answer.